1. Abdicated
2. Deposed
3. Boisgelin, Vol. 2 p. xviii-xix. Boisgelin asserts that
Duisson died no earlier than 1202 on the grounds that, according to Sebastiano
Poli [sic=Pauli] (vol I, p.98), he featured as Grandmaster
on a Charter dated May 1201. However, Pauli may have mistaken the identity
of Geoffroy de Duisson for that of Geoffroy le Rat
1194-1210 who would have been Grandmaster on the date of the Charter.
This theory is further strengthened by the fact the seals of both Grandmasters
bore the same inscription GAVFRIDVS. CVSTOS and that surnames
were used inconsistently if, at all, during that period. Duisson, for instance,
is also known as Donjon or Donion, whilst Le Rat rejoices in Mus as alternative
family name.
In fact, Geoffroy de Donjon de Duisson must have died after 1201 since he
appears on Act of Donation dated 4.5.1201in which a "Cristiana, daughter
of Ruggiero di Caisa, having been made a co-sister of the Hospital, donated
to the same Hospital, a village called Digegni under confirmation of
Roardo, then Lord of Caisas." Codice Diplomatico No 96 reproduced in Paoli's
Codice Diplomatico, Vol I, p.92
4. Abdicated 1286 but continued to govern the Order until
Jean de Villiers arrival in 1288
5. Illegally deposed in 1317; reinstated 1322; abdicated
1323
6. Deposed 1317; formally abdicated 13.6.1319
7. Abdicated
* Seals recorded in Le Roulx and de Sandoli
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